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Monthly Archives: January 2009

the annoitment of a new chief

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

  san francisco in the hours following the formal inauguration of barack obama, i remember the impressive sight of the gathered masses, its sheer numbers, and wonder how many of them have been driven to congregate on this day out of a prolonged yearning for transformation – from within themselves and from their elected officials? [...]

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the ballad of bobby hale

Friday, January 9, 2009

1982 when the cauliflower-haired fifteen year old man-child who went by the name of bobby hale lost control of his temper, his face, already burdened with the cumbersome folds of early teenage obesity, transformed from its natural shade of seashell white to an uncomfortably deep rhubarb red and his voice, troubled as it was by [...]

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new year’s manifesto, resolutions for the year 2009

Monday, January 5, 2009

los angeles new year’s resolution #1: less crap, more quality. in every respect. every respect includes relationships, experiences, memories, products, living spaces, the “body.” new year’s resolution #2: create one very good product. the word “product” is open to interpretation but the words “very good” are not. in the act of creating a new product, [...]

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the first few days have been very good days

Saturday, January 3, 2009

los angeles. the first day of the new year was spent surfing with a. at the venice breakwater (as we celebrated our 12th anniversary together). on the second day, we hiked a 10-mile loop hike up sullivan canyon and down mandeville canyon. this is a good way to start the new year.

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